Where does “monodecanoate” come from?

monodecanoate (English) comes from English decanoate, from English decanoic, from English -oic, from English benzoic, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem — in.

monodecanoate (English): Any ester or salt containing a single decanoate group or ion

Definitions

  1. Any ester or salt containing a single decanoate group or ion

Ancestry of “monodecanoate”, step by step

monodecanoate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English decanoate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdecanoateAny salt or ester of decanoic acid
2EnglishdecanoicOf or pertaining to decanoic acid or its...
3English-oicused to form the names of carboxylic groups and...
4EnglishbenzoicPertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin; Derived...
5English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
6EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
7Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
8Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
9Spanishimagenimage
10Italianimmagineimage; imago
11Latinimāginem
12Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
13Latinīn-un-, non-, not
14Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
15Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
16Proto-Italicenin
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English mono

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmonoClipping of mononucleosis; A bicycle or...
2Englishmono-API; one, single, only
3Ancient Greekμονο-one; mono-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁énEvery word from Latin īn-Every word from Proto-Italic en